CHICKEN CASHEW LETTUCE WRAPS

By jakeineburg

Ingredients

• Stir fry sauce:
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• Cashew Chicken:
• 2 chicken breasts (about 3/4 lb. total), diced
• 8 leaves of greenleaf or iceburg lettuce
• 3 tablespoons canola oil (or oil of choice)
• 1 cup onion, diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1/4 cup cashews, chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation

Step 1

For stir fry sauce:
Mix all stir fry sauce ingredients making sure to dissolve brown sugar. Set aside.

For Cashew Chicken:
Heat canola oil in pan over medium to medium high heat.
Add diced chicken and brown (about 4-5 minutes).
Remove chicken from oil.
Add onions, garlic and 1 teaspoon soy sauce to pan; brown.
When onions and garlic are brown and tender, add stir fry sauce, browned chicken, and cashews.
Saute mixture for a few minutes and remove from heat.

Spoon chicken mixture into individual lettuce leaves.

Add your favorite hot sauce, more cashews or basil.